James Medlous Whitus and Priscilla Jane Puckett
James Medlous Whitus (or James Whitehurst, as he was known in his later years) was the youngest son of James L. Whitus and Jane McCoy. He was born in 1855 in Rutherford County, TN and died on 26 September 1931 in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas. On 29 December 1875, he married Priscilla Jane Puckett in Rutherford County; she was the sister of Nancy Levina Puckett, who married James's brother George. Priscilla was born on 25 October 1856 in either Rutherford or Bedford County, Tennessee, and died on 19 June 1932 in San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas.
James and Priscilla were farmers in Rutherford County, where their five children were born. We only know the names of three (and possibly a fourth), but Priscilla told census enumerators in 1910 that she had had five children altogether and that all five were still alive.
James was listed in the 1891 census of voters in Rutherford County, but appears to have moved to Texas around 1895, when he no longer appears in Rutherford County tax lists. We have not yet located him in the 1900 census but he is listed in 1910, 1920, and 1930 as James Whitehurst; his son George E. Whitehurst either never married or married late and is enumerated in the same household as his parents. The family appears to have lived very modestly, never able to amass enough funds to purchase property in Texas. The whereabouts of the children (other than George) are a mystery.
It is possible that Elam and George are actually the same person, and that George's full name is George Elam.
James Medlous Whitus (b. 1855, Rutherford, TN - d. 26 Sep 1931, San Angelo, Tom Green, TX)
m. 29 December 1875, Rutherford, TN
Priscilla Jane Puckett (b. 25 Oct 1856, Rutherford or Bedford, TN - d. 19 Jun 1932, San Angelo, Tom Green, TX)
Children:
i. Willie Whitehurst (b. 1877, Rutherford, TN - d. aft 1910)
ii. James D. Whitehurst (b. 1879, Rutherford, TN - d. aft 1910)
iii. Elam Whitehurst (b. 1890, Rutherford, TN - d. aft 1910)
iv. George E. Whitehurst (b. 1894/5, Rutherford, TN - d. aft 1930)